Community Pharmacy Residency Programs

If you have an initiative or goal you want to tackle, you can tailor that residency
to you. I was working in part to create a job (for myself), and at the end of my one-year
period, I had that opportunity.

Shawn McFarland, Pharm.D. Former Resident(Dr. McFarland worked with physicians at the Murfreesboro Medical Clinic during his
residency to start an anti-coagulation clinic. After his residency, he was hired on
by the Murfreesboro Medical Clinic to run the anti-coagulation clinic.)

Welcome to the Future of Community Pharmacy Practice

Tennessee is recognized as a national leader in residency and fellowship training
innovations, including the largest community pharmacy residency program in the country.

Top 10 Reasons to Choose UT for your PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency:

Work alongside top preceptors, who are well known leaders and innovators in community
pharmacy practice

Opportunities to work in a state with one of the most progressive Collaborative Practice
Agreement laws in the country, allowing you to work interprofessionally with medical
offices and prescribers from your practice site

Weekly videoconference “Community Pharmacy Rounds” conferences connects you with your
co-residents across the state each week

Teaching certificate program available through the University of Tennessee College
of Pharmacy

Choice of practice locations across Tennessee: from the mountains of Johnson City
and Knoxville, to the Music City in Nashville, and the Blues City in Memphis

Develop your research skills: complete a research project and publish a peer-reviewed
manuscript

Create your own innovative patient care service

Grow your professional network

Enhance your immunization skills with one of the most progressive immunization pharmacy
practice laws in the country

Residency and Fellowship training sites in Tennessee are strengthened by affiliations
with The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy. The College is ranked in the
top 20 colleges in the U.S. and has the most Board Certified Pharmacy faculty members
in the nation.

We have been involved in the UT College of Pharmacy Community Residency Program since
the early 1990s. Our graduates have gone on to a variety of pharmacy positions: ownership,
compounding, university faculty, government, institutional, preceptors and residency
directors. We offer many opportunities to meet the residents diverse interest to
prepare them for a successful future.

As a newly licensed pharmacist, a community residency has given me the tools and opportunities
to develop confidence as the individual in charge of daily pharmacy activities, improve
my comfort level when using my clinical knowledge to recommend appropriate medication
changes to patients and physicians, and cultivate a positive work culture by setting
the tone and the standard for my co-workers. A community residency has been invaluable in my development from a student to a practicing
pharmacist.”